| Year | Event |
| 1608 | Lulworth Castle built |
| 1665 | Charles II visits Lulworth Castle |
| 1707 | Dorothy Pickering bequeaths £600 to found a charity which divides its income each year on 9 May between 12 poor protestant widows and maidens |
| 1770 | Map & Survey of East Lulworth undertaken by Sparrow |
| 1777 | Stables rebuilt south-west of the Castle |
| 1785 | Thomas Weld presents Royal Arms to St. Andrew’s Church |
| 1785-1787 | Roman Catholic Chapel built |
| 1789 | Aug 3: The King and Queen of England, as part of the Royal tour, landed at Lulworth Cove and went from there to see East Lulworth Castle. [Information extracted from West Lulworth Parish Registers] |
| 1796 | Thomas Weld offers refuge to Trappist Monks fleeing from France |
| 1810 | Thomas Weld dies and eldest son Thomas Weld inherits the estate |
| 1817 | Trappist Monks return to France |
| 1820 | William Baring and Rev. John Bain drown at Arish Mell – see newpaper report |
| 1824 | Henry Rolls, shoemaker, begins his Journal of Events in and around East Lulworth |
| 1829 | Thomas Weld becomes a Cardinal in Rome and passed estate to his brother Joseph |
| 1830 | Joseph Weld loans Castle to Charles X in exile from France |
| 1831 | Reform Riots |
| 1837 | Valley north of Home Farm dammed by Joseph Weld to form The Lake |
| 1837 | Aug 24: The Catholic Chapel is registered for solemnizing marriages |
| 1840 | Tithe Map of East Lulworth produced showing residents of properties |
| 1840 | National School built |
| 1841 | Jun 7: Census |
| 1851 | Mar 30: Census |
| 1860 | Aug 30: Dorchester Rifle Corps came to the Castle and then went on to West Lulworth. |
| 1861 | Apr 7: Census |
| 1862 | Catholic cemetery on Common Hill railed around and wooden cross erected; John Crocker was the first to be buried there on 8 February 1863 |
| 1863 | Joseph Weld dies and son Edward inherits estate |
| 1864 | St. Andrew’s Church rebuilt (except the tower which dates from the late 15th Century) |
| 1871 | Apr 2: Census |
| 1871 | Aug 26: George Lucas, carter, knocked down and killed after colt he was driving took fright |
| 1877 | Catholic School built |
| 1881 | Apr 3: Census |
| 1891 | Apr 5: Census |
| 1900 | Estate workmen photographed on Castle steps |
| 1900 | Co-Operative Stores opens |
| 1901 | Mar 31: Census |
| 1902 | Apr 3: King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra visited Lulworth Castle, after sailing into West Lulworth on his yacht. |
| 1909 | Mar 4: Snow depths at East Lulworth reached 9 inches (Source: Dorset Weather Book) |
| 1911 | Apr 2: Census |
| 1914-1918 | The Great War |
| 1919 | German POWs build 8 houses at Lulworth Camp |
| 1923 | Land eastwards of East Lulworth licensed for tank firing |
| 1928 | Apr 26: King George V visited the Army Camp |
| 1929 | Aug 29: Fire destroys much of Lulworth Castle |
| 1935 | Herbert Weld dies and cousin Joseph Weld inherits estate |
| 1939-1945 | World War 2 |
| 1942 | Apr 6: Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits Lulworth Camp |
| 1943 | Lulworth Ranges extended |
| 1952 | May: Estate workmen exhume remains of 26 Cistercian Monks buried at Monastery Farm for re-internment at Mount St. Bernard’s Abbey in Leicester |
| 1959 | Pipeline laid from Winfrith to Arish Mell |
| 1968 | Catholic School closes |
| 1968 | Mar 31: Lulworth Castle reopened to the public |
| 1992 | Joseph Weld dies and son Wilfrid Weld inherits estate |
| 1992 | Sep 2: Troopers Craig Shepherd and Jason Toward serving with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards lost their lives following a road accident just outside the village |
| 2003 | Lulworth Castle reopens its doors to the public |
| 2015 | Dec 3: Wilfrid Joseph Weld dies and son James Weld inherits estate |
| 2024 | Aug 18-26: Photographic Exhibition “East Lulworth Through The Ages” held at St. Andrew’s Church |
Page last updated: 28 August 2024